Taft warns Americans as crisis grows in Mexico
President Taft issued a proclamation warning U.S. citizens in Mexico to refrain from entering the country and those already there to leave if conditions turn intolerable. A cabinet meeting decided the step, with a State Department telegram to Ambassador Wilson directing Americans to withdraw across the border and leave their effects with nearest consuls.
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Washington
Mexico
Taft
Amercan
Cabinet
State Department
Wilson
Mexico City
Pert
United States
House Passes Measures on Income Tax and Free Sugar
Washington March 4 The house plans quick debate on a Democratic income tax bill for net incomes above 5000 including salaries and a sugar on the free list measure. Both face varying committee paths with prospects of a clash in the senate over revenue impacts and political strategy.
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House
Wayw
Menus
Senate
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
Commerce Court
Tariff Board
Economy Commission
British Strike Situation Deepens Across Industries
London reports the coal strike on its fourth day with 160,000 non coal workers idle and thousands more at risk. More than 4,001,600 miners across England Scotland and Wales are out, shipping slows, foundries face shutdowns, and cotton mills loom toward stoppage without miners concessions on minimum wage schedules.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
Sheffield
Cotton Mills
Lancashire
Bradstreet's Trade Review Overview
Bradstreet's notes that trade shows uneven signals with no marked activity yet an undercurrent of modest improvement. Overall, conditions appear satisfactory as some centers lag while others show cautious gains and steadier demand.
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Bradstreet’s
Burial of Maine Postponed to March Fifteenth
Washington March 4 The official burial at sea of the Maine has been postponed to March 15 due to unexpected difficulty in removing the cofferdam surrounding the vessel’s wing. The delay shifts the ceremonial schedule for the historic battleship’s final voyage.
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Washington
Maine
Countess of Warwick to Speak Here on Socialist Propaganda
England's noted socialist figure, Countess of Warwick, arrives soon to discuss her propaganda here. She is expected to draw crowds and spark debate on political ideas and reform.
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Efgland
Countess in Ohio Campaign Comes to Favor Socialism
The Countess of Warwick sails from England to America and plans a national tour speaking for socialism. She will oppose Mrs. Nicholas Longworth in Ohio's Eighth District race, while urging support for E. G. Wharton of Kenton against Ralph D. Cole.
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Longworth
Ohio
Countess of
Warwick
England
Mauretania
America
Nicholas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Ralph D. Cole
E. G. Wharton
Kenton
Lawyers Under Fire at Western Economic Society Conference
Attendees at the third Western Economic Society conference in Chicago criticized lawyers as a curse to business. The session focused on the Sherman Act’s origin and impact, with discussions deeming dissolution plans of Standard Oil and American Tobacco as sham.
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Economic Society
Standard Oil
Western Economic Society
Chicago
Harrison
Stakey
Michigan
Ws. Yvalus
Peking Gripped by Martial Law as Mutineers Attack
Martial law declared in Peking operates amid cannonading toward Fengtai and disrupted rail links to Hankow and Tientsin. An American detachment arrives as legations brace for siege. Foreigners survey charred streets, headless bodies, and executions among looting civilians and soldiers, with guards along railways increasing.
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Fengtai
Peking
Legations
Legation
Hankow
Tientsin
Morgan in a coal trust attack before Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorneys representing coal operators in the Pittsburgh district charged that the Morgan interests control railroads and conspired to discriminate against Pittsburgh coal producers in favor of Western fields. The case, Buileau and others v. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and others, concerns freight rates from Pittsburgh to Great Lakes ports and argues 8 cent per ton rates are excessive.
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Interstate Comp Rece Commission On Combine
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
I. Pierpont Morgan Coal Combine
Pittsburgh
John W. Buileau
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Great Lake Ports
Wade Fr. Ellis
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Morgan
West
Virginia
Kentucky
Saccharine Ban Endorsed by Cabinet Officers
The cabinet officer in charge of pure food enforcement ruled saccharine cannot be used in foods. Secretary Wilson and Secretary Nagel supported the decision that saccharine in food is adulterated, while Secretary MacVeagh dissented. Manufacturers have one month to remove saccharine.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Secretary of Commerce
Ibor Nagel
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Jury Has Kimmel Case Still Considering Identity Mystery
In St Louis the jury in the Kimmel insurance suit remains out after deliberations began Saturday. Andrew J White claims to be George A Kimmel who disappeared in 1898. Policies total about $40 000 with interest. The key issue is whether Kimmel died before 1904, the filing date.
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St. Louis
Kimmel
Amidon
Andrew J. White
George A. Kimmel
Millard Hall Destroyed by Fire at University of Minnesota
A fire on the second floor largely destroyed Millard Hall the university medical and dental building. Loss is estimated at 6000 dollars. The structure had been partly destroyed by fire two years ago and rebuilt.
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Millard Hall
Medical
University of of Minnesota
Dynamiter Maxwell Confesses Guilty In Bedford Opera House Bomb
Thomas Maxwell, found by private detective Virginia Sellers in St. Joseph, admits dynamiting Bedford Iowa opera house on December 31. He says he was paid 25 by an unnamed enemy of the owner to plant the bomb, and he acted on instructions before the blast. Maxwell was traced to Bedford and returned there for trial.
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St. Joseph
Thomas Maxwell
Virginia
Sellers
Kansas City
Bedford
Maxwell Aaerty
Mra. Selleys
Maxwell
Bedtarilial
Suffragettes Filmed in Violent London Demonstrations
Suffragettes staged several violent protests in London. One woman fired a revolver shot at the colonial office window but did not harm anyone. Three other women pelted the official residence of Prime Minister Asquith, shattering three windows.
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London
Colonial Office
Dugin
Asquith
Dixon Leads Roosevelt Campaign for Presidency Nomination
Dixon of Montana took the lead of the Roosevelt campaign for the presidential nomination while Truman H. Newberry of Detroit accepted the chairmanship of the Roosevelt national advisory board.
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Dixon
T. R
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Roosevelt National Advisory Heard
Educator Fatally Hurt In Fall From Trapeze
Principal John Rinarda of Huron is fatally injured after a fall from a trapeze at a school event. A well known South Dakota educator, he came from LeMars, Iowa, and had recently been connected with the local school system.
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Huron
Profasnor John
Rinarda
LeMars
Kate Ames Granted Divorce from Hugo Ames in London
Mrs. Kate Ames receives a divorce decree from her husband Hugo Ames, author, in London. The case records indicate a formal dissolution of marriage with the couple separated prior to the decree.
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Kate Ames
Hugo Ames
London
Des Moines Man Elected at State Convention
Fort Dodge Iowa March 4 Iowa state manual training teachers in convention here elected R C Woolman of Motney president Jacob John son of Denison vice president W C Abram of Newton secretary treasurer
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
R. C. Woolman
Ties ‘Motney
Jacob John
Denison
W. C. Abram
Newton
Numerous Ancient World News Items Reported In One Ledger
A sweeping collection of historical dispatches notes a fatal fight near Montreal, a political shift via former Senator Heveridge joining Roosevelt forces, and a looming British railway strike over coal troubles. Reports from Mexico to Chile cover battles, shipwrecks, storms, alum barrels, and a major brewery fire. Additional notes include pneumonia and tuberculosis death tolls in Chicago, legal skirmishes over Bar Association membership, urban crime arcs, and transportation disasters across the United States.
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Montreal
Senator Heveridge
Indiana
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Santiago Iglesias
American Federation of Labor
Porto Rico
New York
Jimalco
Mexico
J. Trudeau
Point Pleasant
National Drainage Congress
St. Louis
Chicago
Valdivia
Chile
Anwandter Bros
South America
Ste
Texas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
George Sanderson
Galesburg
Ill
Almis House
Knoxville
Southern Railway
Oxford
Ala
Wickersham
American Bar Association
W. H. Lewis
France
Iowa Sixth District delegates choose Taft allies in GOP
Des Moines reports show six of seven counties in the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts sent unstructured or Taft leaning delegations to state and district conventions. Polk county GOP selected 64 delegates for Cummins, with Cummins speaking on gov ernment and service. Union county Democrats backed Wilson with nine delegates to the state convention at Burlington.
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Taft
Union County
Democrats
Wilson
Des Moines
Polk County
Cummins
Outher County
Poweehick
Wapeo
Mahaska
Jasper
Keokuk
Monroe
Davis
Appanoosé
Ma Tinit County
Laren
Burlington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson Charges Tariff Reform In Davenport Speech
Governor Woodrow Wilson told 300 Davenport business leaders that the American tariff is outdated. He urged a modern economic approach and warned against clinging to old protectionist ideas as the world moves beyond the tariff system.
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Davenport
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Commercial Club of
Wilson
Trenton
Ges Moines
Champion Milker at Ames Dairy Student Record Bid
Ames March 4 a state college dairy cow at the Ames farm is claimed to hold a daily milk record. Fresh eleven days, not on full feed, she yields 108.8 pounds of milk in one day with .67 percent fat and 3.90 butter fat. At those rates the day’s milking equals about 4900 pounds of butter. The Holstein cow, six years old, was bought last fall from a dealer. Dairy students monitor her progress with high expectations.
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Ames
Town State College Dairy Farm
Eliaimed Secon
Market at Dubuque Gains National Publicity
Dubuque market praised by President Taft as a partial solution to high living costs. City interest grows as New York firm asks about sending a cameraman to film the market in operation and to discuss publicity details. Iowa veterans plan Shiloh battlefield excursion for fifteenth anniversary observance. J B. Roushar, Victoria hotel owner, dies after stabbing himself in the heart at the hotel.
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Buque City
Taft
Dubuque Industrial Corporation
New York
Ben
Iowa
Shiloh
Will Galiguet
Mississippi
Sanker
Chicago
J. B
Roushar
Will
Victoria
Mason City landlords face mulct tax on liquor cases
A protest forms as thirty two landlords in Mason City have mulct taxes assessed for properties tied to tenants convicted or pleading guilty to selling intoxicating liquor. Sixteen notices issued, others to follow. $600 per assessment, plus three months tax totaling $160 for Clear Lake properties. Names listed include Mattie Culver Viola Dickhoff H B Wells George Brett Edward Benning St Paul Kansas City Short Line H J Knapp G W Zeibelt Celestia Brewer M H Evans George Price W Keer C T Cole Harriet Hackett EL OD Clagett.
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Mason City
Mattie Culver
Viola B. Dickhoff
H. B. Wells
George W. Brett
Dward Benning
St. Paul
Kansas City Short
H. J. Knapp
G. W. Zeibelt
Celestia Brewer
M. H. Evans
George Price
W. Keer
C. T. Cole
Clear Lake
Harriet Hackett
EL OD
Clagett
Bank Deposits Grow Across State Banks in 1912
Total deposits in state and savings banks rose by 9.7 million during the year ending February 7 1912. The quarterly report covers 716 savings banks 281 state banks and fourteen trust companies. The average reserve stood at 21 percent says State Auditor Bleakly.
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Towa
Banking Department
State Auditor
February Weather Facts and Seed corn Testing Push
February proved the coldest in seven years with heavy snowfall totaling 16.9 inches and above normal precipitation. Des Moines weather chiefs note unusual trends while the Greater Des Moines committee and the Des Moines Commercial Club launch campaigns urging Iowa farmers to test seed corn before planting to safeguard the state's crop.
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Chappel
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Greater Des Moines Committee
The
Des Moines Commercial Club
Iowa
Des Moines Council Passes Crossing Safety Resolution
Des Moines council adopted a safety resolution introduced by Councilman John MacVicar urging immediate installation of a black wit hwal system or equivalent safety devices at the Fifteenth street railroad crossing after two wrecks last month, including the Feb 27 crash injuring forty and causing a gasoline explosion. Also reports of a gift of 10000 to state mission funds from Mrs. Delilah King of Allerton, bringing the endowment to 63000 for evangelistic work in Iowa. Rev. J W Graves criticized the golden rule policing approach, urging arrests of the drunken rather than home returns. Mayor Jones seeks the Prohibition nomination for governor, with IGney leading the race. Henry Larson killed by slate fall in an Ottumwa mine. his brother injured.
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Dix
Gaynor
New York
Folke E. Brandt
L. Schi
Department of Agriculture
Remsen Board
Charles Miller
Elgin
Milwaukee
Department of
Chicago
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JP. M. Eliia
Scranton
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Decatur
Meins
Des Moines
Atkinson
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Bell Telephone Company
Jack Landon
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Ter
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Lorimner
Westgating
Senate
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FP L Vassault
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Misaouri Valley
St Paul
Delilah King
Allerton
Soeiery
Iowa Christian Convention
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